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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Brown Family Papers, Photographs and Maps

8.3 Linear Feet 8 ft. 4 1/4 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 large storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)
Papers, photographs and maps of a wealthy Morgantown family with interests in real estate and coal mining. Most of the business papers are those of J. M. G. Brown, a West Virginia University law school alumnus, who was president of Scotts Run Fuel Corporation. Brown was also a housing developer whose company, Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown, was a competitive concern not only locally but throughout north central West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. There are papers indicating his attempts to open Morgantown to airline service. His sister, Mary Virginia Brown was a genealogist and local historian noted for A History of the Negroes of Monongalia County. Among her papers are genealogies of the Bannister, Brown, Bushey, Dorsey, Suter and Williams families. There are also original documents of Colonel William McCleary, an early settler of Morgantown. There is also a manuscript "List of Taxable Property for 1786, Monongalia County," including five pages listing residents and their "tithables," horses, and cattle.
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Brown Family Papers, Photographs and Maps 8.3 Linear Feet 8 ft. 4 1/4 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 large storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)

Brown family
Papers, photographs and maps of a wealthy Morgantown family with interests in real estate and coal mining. Most of the business papers are those of J. M. G. Brown, a West Virginia University law school alumnus, who was president of Scotts Run Fuel Corporation. Brown was also a housing developer whose company, Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown, was a competitive concern not only locally but throughout north central West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. There are papers indicating his attempts to open Morgantown to airline service. His sister, Mary Virginia Brown was a genealogist and local historian noted for A History of the Negroes of Monongalia County. Among her papers are genealogies of the Bannister, Brown, Bushey, Dorsey, Suter and Williams families. There are also original documents of Colonel William McCleary, an early settler of Morgantown. There is also a manuscript "List of Taxable Property for 1786, Monongalia County," including five pages listing residents and their "tithables," horses, and cattle.
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Brown's Cove Toll House account book

0.2 Cubic Feet One half-width letter-sized file box

This collection contains an account book of the toll house along Brown's Gap Turnpike. The account book, oblong in format, contains thirty pages, nine of which have pasted news clippings pasted over the manuscript entries. The account book spans from 1810 to 1817 and details road tolls for wagons, lodging expenses for men and animals, meals, and other expenditures. Accounts for the Brown family loom, grist mill, and sawmill also appear, listing charges for grain, planks, etc. Through these charges, the account book documents the many early settlers of western Albemarle County and the Shenandoah Valley. The newspaper clippings are unrelated and cover a variety of topics related to homemaking, including cures for various ailments for animals and humans, advice on growing plants, and keeping house.

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Brown's Cove Toll House account book 0.2 Cubic Feet One half-width letter-sized file box

This collection contains an account book of the toll house along Brown's Gap Turnpike. The account book, oblong in format, contains thirty pages, nine of which have pasted news clippings pasted over the manuscript entries. The account book spans from 1810 to 1817 and details road tolls for wagons, lodging expenses for men and animals, meals, and other expenditures. Accounts for the Brown family loom, grist mill, and sawmill also appear, listing charges for grain, planks, etc. Through these charges, the account book documents the many early settlers of western Albemarle County and the Shenandoah Valley. The newspaper clippings are unrelated and cover a variety of topics related to homemaking, including cures for various ailments for animals and humans, advice on growing plants, and keeping house.

College of William and Mary

Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) records

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Records of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.

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College of William and Mary

Bryan Family Papers

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Copy of letter, 1780 June 3, from Jonathan Bryan, Long Island, N. Y. to wife, Mary Bryan, "Brampton Plantation," near Savannah, Ga.; copy of letter, 1825 August 12, from St. George Tucker to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter; and genealogical data from a Bryan family Bible.

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Bryan Family Papers 4.00 Linear Feet

Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827

Copy of letter, 1780 June 3, from Jonathan Bryan, Long Island, N. Y. to wife, Mary Bryan, "Brampton Plantation," near Savannah, Ga.; copy of letter, 1825 August 12, from St. George Tucker to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Tucker Coalter; and genealogical data from a Bryan family Bible.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bryan Family Papers 1770-1918

The Bryan Family papers comprise ca. 645 items spanning the years 1770-1918. Most of the collection is correspondence among Randolph, Tucker, and Bryan family members from 1770-1850, representing some twenty correspondents (see attached appendix). There are also two letters from William Wirt to John Coalter. Miscellany and some printed matter complete the collection.

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Old Dominion University

Buck Family Papers

0.01 Linear Feet One folder folders

This collection consists of letters sent to various members of the Buck family of Westford and Essex, Vermont between 1807 and 1850.

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Buck Family Papers 0.01 Linear Feet One folder folders

Buck family

This collection consists of letters sent to various members of the Buck family of Westford and Essex, Vermont between 1807 and 1850.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Van Hall, Historian, Microfilm Collection of Tax Records for Virginia Counties and Other Material

1.3 Linear Feet 1 ft. 4 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each)

Van Beck Hall, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, collected these records to support his research for a forthcoming book The Political Economy of Virginia, 1790-1830 [as of October 2019]. The majority of the records are on 57 reels of microfilm and contain land tax and personal property tax records for southeastern and central Virginia counties (1771-1861). Examples of counties include Caroline, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Prince George, and Stafford, among others. Miscellaneous records on 5 reels of microfilm include a report from the Virginia Library Board (1916-1917), lists of state and county officials (1780-1865), records of arms delivered (1792-1798), tobacco inspections (1795-1813), insurance declarations (1796-1821), and a doctoral dissertation about Maine's separation from Massachusetts (1966). Additionally, 3 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1776-1832) and 8 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1790-1831).

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College of William and Mary

Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers

0.50 Linear Feet

Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1920, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.

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Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers 0.50 Linear Feet

Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1920, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.

Legal papers Box 1, Folder 6

Copy of 1780 will of James Braithwaite of Princess Anne County, Va.; legal agreement, 1801, about distribution of slaves, signed by Gasking Brock and James Braithwaite; legal papers involving Richard M. Bucktrout, 1825; and miscellaneous legal papers, 1877-1893.

  1. Series 1: Mss. 98 B85

Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 8

"Proceedings of the M.E.S.G. Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia, begun and held in the Mason's Hall, in the City of Richmond." 14 December 1812; notice of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Williamsburg Knitting Mill Company, 11 March 1902; and miscellaneous undated papers.

  1. Series 1: Mss. 98 B85
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Burmese manuscript

0.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder

48 panels with text or illustrations on both sides. Written in either Tai Khuen or Tai Lue, two very similar scripts. The speakers of these languages are found in northern Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This manuscript appears to have come from Myanmar, and contains protective mantras and yantra designs for candles.

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Burmese manuscript 0.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder

48 panels with text or illustrations on both sides. Written in either Tai Khuen or Tai Lue, two very similar scripts. The speakers of these languages are found in northern Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This manuscript appears to have come from Myanmar, and contains protective mantras and yantra designs for candles.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Burnley Family papers

1 Cubic Feet Burnley family correspondence, school records, military, legal papers, and receipts in cloth files

This collection of Burnley Family letters, 3 cubic feet, contain family correspondence and papers of a prominent Albemarle County, Charlottesvile, Virginia family from 1808 to 1964 which include civil war and slave documents, military papers of Company F, 7th Infantry orders, teaching papers of Samuel Goodman Burnley, political letters about Harry Flood Byrd, writings of William Samuel Burnley, and letters reflecting the turn of the century family life, friends, church services, and family and local news.

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Burnley Family papers 1 Cubic Feet Burnley family correspondence, school records, military, legal papers, and receipts in cloth files

This collection of Burnley Family letters, 3 cubic feet, contain family correspondence and papers of a prominent Albemarle County, Charlottesvile, Virginia family from 1808 to 1964 which include civil war and slave documents, military papers of Company F, 7th Infantry orders, teaching papers of Samuel Goodman Burnley, political letters about Harry Flood Byrd, writings of William Samuel Burnley, and letters reflecting the turn of the century family life, friends, church services, and family and local news.

Legal papers 0.16 Cubic Feet Four folders in one legal size document box. Box 1

Legal papers, 1808-1879, including the sale of Nathaniel Burnley's estate and slaves executed by James F. Burnley and Samuel Goodman Burnley; Deeds and wills. Horace and Jenny L. Burnley 1873; Samuel G. Burnley and debts to Thomas Gilbert and Ann B. Michie; (James F. Burnley, James H. Burnley, Cornelia Burnley); Land in Albemarle County to James H. and Mildred Jane Burnley, James F. and Amanda Burnley, Drury Wood Burnley, Martha Caroline Burnley 1879; auction of Burnley's property (signed D. R. Goodman), receipts from Henry Mills Burnley as executor of Abner Burnley's estate, token, and coat of arms. One of the terms of sale documents (James Fendall Burnley and Samuel Goodman Burnley selling the estate of Nathaniel Burnley) notes that "in selling the negroes any defect that is known will be mentioned, but the negroes will not be warranted in any way."

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